Navamindradhiraj University (NMU) ( th, มหาวิทยาลัยนวมินทราธิราช; ), formerly University of Bangkok Metropolis ( th, มหาวิทยาลัยกรุงเทพมหานคร; ), is a

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located in

Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population ...

. The university focuses on

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and public services such as medicine.

History

During 2000 to 2004,

Samak Sundaravej Samak Sundaravej ( th, สมัคร สุนทรเวช, , ; 13 June 1935 – 24 November 2009) was a Thai politician who briefly served as the Prime Minister of Thailand and Minister of Defense in 2008, as well as the leader of the Peo ...

, the Governor of Bangkok, had idea to establish

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration ( th, กรุงเทพมหานคร; ) (BMA) is the local government of Bangkok (also called ''Krung Thep Maha Nakhon'' in Thai), which includes the capital of the Kingdom of Thailand. The governme ...

's (BMA) own university specialized for urban management. However his idea had not yet been accepted. The idea of establishing BMA's own university was reinstated when

Apirak Kosayodhin Apirak Kosayodhin ( th, อภิรักษ์ โกษะโยธิน; , born March 30, 1961) is a former Thai business executive and former governor of Bangkok. In the gubernatorial elections on August 29, 2004 he won with 40% of the vo ...

became the next Governor of Bangkok. At that time, BMA held two higher educational institutions including BMA Medical College and Vajira Hospital and Kuakarun College of Nursing, yet, these two institutions did not have official higher education institute status and thus could not grant their own certificate. Both two colleges' graduates were granted degrees by

Mahidol University Mahidol University (Mahidol), an autonomous research institution in Thailand, had its origin in the establishment of Siriraj Hospital in 1888. Mahidol had an acceptance rate for Medicine of 0.4% as of the 2016 academic year. Becoming the Univers ...

as Mahidol affiliated institutes. The "Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Autonomous University Act B.E. ..." draft was submitted to the

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in June 2007. In 2009, the cabinet then passed "University of Bangkok Metropolis Act" draft further to the

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whose approved the university act draft in February 2010. The University of Bangkok Metropolis (UBM) () was officially enacted as the university act was published in the Royal Thai Government Gazette on November 12, 2010, which was effective on the next day. According to the university act, the University of Bangkok Metropolis is an autonomous university funded by BMA and supervised without direct control by both BMA and

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. Two higher institutions under BMA, BMA Medical College and Vajira Hospital and Kuakarun College of Nursing, were transformed to the

Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital The Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital ( th, คณะแพทยศาสตร์วชิรพยาบาล) is a medical school located in Bangkok, Thailand. The Faculty has its origin as a medical college, previously known as BMA Medical ...

and Kuakarun Faculty of Nursing, respectively. The university missions are to educate, promote academic, research, construct and develop advanced academic and profession, propagate knowledge, provide medical service, promote public health, urban management, local administration, metropolitan development, as well as support religion, arts, culture, environment, and sports. In 2011, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej gave the permission to use the university name as Navamindradhiraj University (NMU), meaning the ninth monarch, referring to his majesty himself. The bill to change university name was enacted on June 21, 2013. In 2013, NMU received the Bangkok Community College from

as Urban Community College of Bangkok, which later renamed to Urban Community Development College, and also received Institute of Metropolitan Development from BMA, providing programs that serve urbanized society needs. NMU expanded their coverage focusing on programs with the shortage of personnels, the urgent need of the country and also non-redundancy from other universities. NMU, by Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, started bachelor's degree program in

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in 2014 providing emergency personnel in

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for BMA and also Ministry of Public Health. With the expansion of NMU, the Faculty of Science and Health Technology was later established in 2017 providing the various programs in allied health sciences and also instructing students the foundation year.

Academic Infrastructure

* Kuakarun Faculty of Nursing * Faculty of Science and Health Technology * Urban Community Development College * Institute of Metropolitan Development

Programs Available

References

External links

Navamindradhiraj University's official website
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